Cluster, Aimable

Clean Bomb (Hydrogen Bomb). See under Atomic Bomb A499-R Cluster, Aimable. See Aimable Cluster A114-L... 

CWTC Item 924, Standardization of Adapter, Aimable Cluster, MlO (500-lb size), 21 Jan 44. (2) Seth Q. Kline, Development of Aimable Cluster E4, 500-lb, for Incendiary Bombs AN-M50. TDMR 724 1 Sep 43. (3) CWTC Item 1019, Standardization of Cluster, Aimable, Incendiary Bomb, AN-M17A1, 5 May 44. (4) TB CW 11, Aimable Cluster, AN-M17A1, 27 Jun 44. 

A brief description and poorly reproduced Fig are given in Ref 44, p B229-R. A more streamlined in shape bomb, 750-lb M129E1, is described in Ref 51a, p 2-70. The bomb is an aimable-cluster type similar in appearance to the 750-lb GP, New Series Bomb... 

Note An "aimable cluster" consisting of a number of incendiary bombs held in a single container is briefly described in... 

Nose (or Tail) MT Fuze M909 is similar toM908, except that it is shorter (5.06-inches in lieu of 6.08-in for M908). Fuze M909 replaces MT Fuze AN-M147A1 for use in aircraft parachute flares, aimable fragmentation clusters and leaflet bombs (Ref 51a, p 4-84)... 

Aimable cluster 1 A114 see Bombs for aircraft 2 B226-B227... 

Bomb clusters and adapters, aimable fragmentation 4D961... 

Cluster Adapter. In order to be able to carry more aerial bombs in a given space of a bomber, the bombs are assembled in clusters and held together by a special mechanical device called "cluster adapter . In the so -called aimable cluster adapter, the bombs can be aimed before dropping and this permits confining the dispersion of bombs to a smaller target area than in the case of nonaimable adapters (Compare with Aimable Cluster described in Vol 1, pA114-L)... 

Aimable clusters were developed to improve the accuracy of high altitude bombing. Quick-opening clusters had been suitable for low or medium... 

In incendiary clusters for the Air Forces, the CWS packed approximately 20 percent explosive incendiary bombs. Model AN-M6 quick-opening cluster contained 34 bombs, of which 6 were explosive. Quick-opening cluster AN-M7 held 128 4-pounders, including 26 of the explosive type. Aimable cluster M17A1 carried 88 incendiary and 22 explosive. 

For the greater number of CWS items, boxes of one sort or another were devised and specified. In some cases the specifications were changed over and over again in the attempt to attain the best possible protection in the face of a variety of hazards. The 500-pound aimable cluster, Ml9, an adapter holding thirty-eight M69 incendiary bombs, was one such ex-... 

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